RIVERS OF BABYLON   Sublime

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here ya go.  all the requested info is in the file

     ----/rivers of babylon, from the sublime cd "40oz to freedom"----
artist: sublime/b. dall/f mc(something)
guitar tab
rivers of babylon


	ok this is a great old Melodians tune (yes ska can be slow and gospel like
	reggae.  'tis jamaican after all.)

CHORDS: G, D, D7

intro/main and only riff:
           |G|                          |D|D7|D|                 |G|
|-------------------|    /two|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|   / two|-------------------|----0--------------|
|-------------------|  /  two|-------------------|0h3---3p0----------|
|------0------------|  /  two|0-0----------------|----------3p0------|
|--2h3--------------| /   two|----3-2------------|-------------------|
|3------------------|/    two|-------------------|-------------------|

when the lyrics start play the g chord for two bars, then the d, repeat
till the lyrics end and then play the intro/main and only riff again...
and play this song with heart and soul my friends, it's a great tune,
realy touching :)

gotta love the steel drum solo, here's the lyrics:

By the rivers of babylon
where he sat down
and there he wept
when he remember zion

oh the wicked
carried us away (from) captivity
required from us a song

how can we sing King Aplha's song in a strange land? (silence the guitar
for that line)

so let the words of our mouth
and the meditations of our hearts
be acceptible in thy sight

O verai!

(first riff, steel drum solo)
					Gsustain    Dsustain
how can we sing King Alpha's song in a strange         land{eot}


Note: this song is an old Melodians tune which was made famous with the disco version from Boney M.  Each verse is a quote from Psalms, I believe.  Check out the original for authentic rocksteady gospel jamaican